Tell students about the oral history project, The People Remember...An Oral History of the Kickapoo La Farge Dam Project.
Show students the book that was published and then go on to view the clips below from Story Corps website.
Story Corps:
Our mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. This site has great examples of heartfelt conversations between two people.
One person comes prepared with some questions to ask the other and they sit down and talk together. Below are some examples of the recorded stories. http://storycorps.org
Miss Devine
“He never said anything good about my writing.”
interview photo
Walter Dean Myers grew up in Harlem, the son of a janitor. Today, he’s the author of nearly 100 books that are very popular with teenagers.
Growing up, there was always one person Myers struggled to impress with his writing — his father, Herbert Dean.
Here he talks about his father with his own son Christopher. Click to go the this story.
“If I'm going to get up over this big bum so I can shoot, I'm going to have to jump.”
Tell students about the oral history project, The People Remember...An Oral History of the Kickapoo La Farge Dam Project.
Show students the book that was published and then go on to view the clips below from Story Corps website.
Story Corps:
Our mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. This site has great examples of heartfelt conversations between two people.
One person comes prepared with some questions to ask the other and they sit down and talk together. Below are some examples of the recorded stories.
http://storycorps.org
Miss Devine
“He never said anything good about my writing.”
Walter Dean Myers grew up in Harlem, the son of a janitor. Today, he’s the author of nearly 100 books that are very popular with teenagers.
Growing up, there was always one person Myers struggled to impress with his writing — his father, Herbert Dean.
Here he talks about his father with his own son Christopher. Click to go the this story.
“If I'm going to get up over this big bum so I can shoot, I'm going to have to jump.”
Former NBA player Kenny Sailors, 87, tells his friend Anne Brande about pioneering the jump shot. Click to go to this story.
Frank W. Buckles, last veteran of World War I
Buckles from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.